Mike Therien
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Mike Therien
@miketherien
Avid reader; ambitious golfer; craft brew lover. Was MLI think tanker, Editor-in-Chief, VP Editorial in top newsrooms for BNI, TransCon, Sun/Quebecor Media
After more than a decade of plodding progress-Canada finally reaches the 2% GDP defence spending target set by NATO in 2014. The achievement comes as members of the alliance aim for a new 5% target by 2035.
Thomas Chabot broke his forearm. Out six to eight weeks. Had surgery today.
Part of the statement from Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada. I highlighted the part needs editing. It should have said: “I am deeply saddened by the politicians & mainstream media that my inability to speak French has diverted attention from the profound grief of the families and the great resilience of Air Canada's employees,”
As of Wednesday morning, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages had received 561 complaints about Rousseau’s English-only video. nationalpost.com/news/lack-of-c… via @nationalpost
Elon Musk: "Offer me money, offer me power, I don't care… I'll say what I want to say, and if the consequence is losing money, so be it."
Looking forward to Mark Carney calling out the Governor General when she fails to address the country in both official languages. Or does she get a free pass because of her background? Asking for all of Canada
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Air Canada CEO's English-only condolences message "showed a lack of empathy and a lack of sensitivity."
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PM Mark Carney on Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau delivering a video address only in English: "I'm very disappointed, as others are, rightly so, in this unilingual message of the CEO...lack of judgement and a lack of compassion."
“No, Air Canada knows better." Federal Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said it wasn’t acceptable for Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to release a video statement, where he expressed his condolences to those affected by the crash, entirely in English. "They have a responsibility to communicate with the public and their stakeholders in both official languages,” MacKinnon told reporters in Ottawa. Read the latest: montrealgazette.com/news/local-new…
